# "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man..." **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-popeye-the-sailor-man/469643 "2008-10-26T16:54:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-popeye-the-sailor-man/469643/1 "2008-10-26T16:54:07Z")
“I’m Popeye the Sailor Man; I live in a garbage can. \, \. I’m Popeye the Sailor Man.” So what versions have you heard? I just heard the best yet: I’m Popeye the Sailor Man I live in a garbage can. I pee like a fountain, and poop out a mountain. I’m Popeye the Sailor Man. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-popeye-the-sailor-man/469643/2 "2008-10-26T16:57:07Z")
I eat all the worms And I spit out the germs ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-popeye-the-sailor-man/469643/3 "2008-10-26T17:43:55Z")
I’m Popeye the sailor man I live in a fryin’ pan They turned on the gas And it burned off my ass I’m Popeye the sailor man I’m Popeye the sailor man I live in a garbage can I likes to go swimmin’ with bow-legged women And swim in between their legs ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-popeye-the-sailor-man/469643/4 "2008-10-26T17:55:50Z")
I’m Popeye the Sailorman. I live in a garbage can. I catch all the lizards and eat all their gizards, I’m Popeye the Sailorman. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-popeye-the-sailor-man/469643/5 "2008-10-26T18:34:48Z")
I’m Popeye the sailor man I live in a caravan I sleep with me granny and tickle her fanny I’m Popeye the sailor man ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-popeye-the-sailor-man/469643/6 "2008-10-26T19:55:57Z")
Tangent Hijack: there’s a four-DVD set of the earliest Popeye cartoons (early 1930s), and they’re a hoot. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-popeye-the-sailor-man/469643/7 "2008-10-26T20:42:42Z")
As an aside, the “garbage can” “caravan” versions started showing up in the language of school children in the 1950s. ---
**Author:** ![lucky\_henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@lucky\_henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucky_henry)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-popeye-the-sailor-man/469643/8 "2008-10-26T21:29:39Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > I’m Popeye the sailor man > I live in a garbage can > I likes to go swimmin’ > with bow-legged women > And swim in between their legs I’ve always heard it this way: I’m Popeye the sailor man I live in a garbage can I likes to go swimmin’ with bare naked women I’m Popeye the sailor man ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-popeye-the-sailor-man/469643/9 "2008-10-26T21:52:02Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > Tangent Hijack: there’s a four-DVD set of the earliest Popeye cartoons (early 1930s), and they’re a hoot. You betchka! There’s also a second volume, with a third on the way next month. All three volumes together cover Popeye’s complete black-and-white filmography (1933-1942). ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-popeye-the-sailor-man/469643/10 "2008-10-26T22:42:49Z")
I’m Popeye the sailor man I live in a jar of jam And when it gets sticky It sticks to my dicky I’m Popeye the sailor man. Sung in New Zealand primary schools in the early 70’s. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-popeye-the-sailor-man/469643/11 "2008-10-27T17:19:32Z")
> [@lucky\_henry](#): > > I’ve always heard it this way: > > I’m Popeye the sailor man > I live in a garbage can > I likes to go swimmin’ > with bare naked women > I’m Popeye the sailor man For us, it was always: I love to go swimmin’ With ball-headed women… Why Popeye enjoyed the tonsorially compromised was never explained. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-popeye-the-sailor-man/469643/12 "2008-10-27T18:52:16Z")
_I’m Popeye the Sailorman I live in a caravan There’s a hole in the middle Where I do my piddle I’m Popeye the Sailorman_ British version from the 50s